Virgiliu Pop

Who Owns the Moon? (eBook, PDF)

Extraterrestrial Aspects of Land and Mineral Resources Ownership

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Produktbeschreibung

This work investigates the permissibility and viability of property rights on the celestial bodies, particularly the extraterrestrial aspects of land and mineral resources ownership. In lay terms, it aims to find an answer to the question "Who owns the Moon?" After critically analyzing and dismantling with legal arguments the trivial issue of sale of extraterrestrial real estate, the book addresses the apparent silence of the law in the field of landed property in outer space, scrutinizing whether the factual situation on the extraterrestrial realms calls for legal regulations. The legal status of asteroids and the relationship between appropriation under international law and civil law appropriation are duly examined, as well as different property patterns - such as the commons regime, the Common Heritage of the Mankind, and the Frontier paradigm.

Virgiliu Pop is one of world's specialists in the area of space property rights. A member of the International Institute of Space Law, Virgiliu has authored several acclaimed papers in the field of space law and policy, and was interviewed by prestigious media outlets as diverse as New Scientist, Space.com/MSNBC, The Space Show, La Tercera (Chile), Ta Nea (Greece), Geo Magazine (Germany) and several publications in his native Romania.

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Produktdetails

• Verlag: Springer Netherlands
• Seitenzahl: 176
• Erscheinungstermin: 16. November 2008
• Englisch
• ISBN-13: 9781402091353
• Artikelnr.: 37355470

Autorenporträt

Virgiliu Pop is a researcher at the Romanian Space Agency and is one of world's specialists in the area of space property rights. A member of the International Institute of Space Law, Virgiliu has authored several acclaimed papers in the field of space law and policy, and was interviewed by prestigious media outlets as diverse as New Scientist, Space.com/MSNBC, The Space Show, La Tercera (Chile), Ta Nea (Greece), Geo Magazine (Germany) and several publications in his native Romania.

Inhaltsangabe

Is the Moon for Sale?.- The Sources of Landed Property Rights in Outer Space.- The Object of Landed Property Rights in Outer Space.- The Relationship Between Property and Sovereignty in Outer Space.- The Commons Regime: Everybody's and Nobody's.- Homesteading the Final Frontier.- The Common Heritage of Mankind: Reaping Without Sowing.- Property Status of Extraterrestrial Samples and Extracted Resources.- Conclusion.

Rezensionen

This book was awarded by The International Academy of Astronautics (IAA) in 2018 with the Social Science Book Award

"Virgiliu Pop, in his contribution to Volume 4 of the Space Regulations Library brings to bear centuries old real property legal theories with the modern day space race. ... Pop's work delves deep into the chasm of one of the most underdeveloped areas of property law ... . Ultimately, Who Owns the Moon! deserves a close inspection by anyone interested in the fascinating interplay between the law and what was once science fiction but may soon be reality." (Chris Kalantzis, Journal of Space Law, Vol. 37 (2), 2011)

From the reviews: "Virgiliu Pop, in his contribution to Volume 4 of the Space Regulations Library brings to bear centuries old real property legal theories with the modern day space race. ... Pop's work delves deep into the chasm of one of the most underdeveloped areas of property law ... . Ultimately, Who Owns the Moon! deserves a close inspection by anyone interested in the fascinating interplay between the law and what was once science fiction but may soon be reality." (Chris Kalantzis, Journal of Space Law, Vol. 37 (2), 2011)